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Related: About this forum'He was in business with the cartoon caricature of corruption': Maddow breaks down Trump-Azerbaijan
He was in business with the cartoon caricature of corruption: Maddow breaks down Trump-Azerbaijan reportPart 1
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'He was in business with the cartoon caricature of corruption': Maddow breaks down Trump-Azerbaijan (Original Post)
DonViejo
Mar 2017
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sagesnow
(2,824 posts)1. If I am understanding this correctly,
Trump International is basically one big money laundering operation?
ffr
(22,669 posts)2. My only regret is that I have but one K&R to give.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)3. powerful but will it be enough?
stayed tune, I guess.
ffr
(22,669 posts)4. U.K. Daily Mail picked the story up too, calling it A DISASTER!
The Baku hotel disaster that may be Trump's most disastrous deal ever: Scrapped Azerbaijan project was led by corrupt oligarchs and had links to Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Trump Tower Baku in Azerbaijan was cancelled by the president in December
The $35 million project was launched by Azerbaijani family the Mammadovs
They hold seats in parliament and have ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Trump agreed to license the family name for the project but did not invest in it
Ivanka visited in 2014 and is considered a 'dear friend' of Anar Mammadov
The Mammadovs are widely suspected of corruption in the country
Anar Mammadov has spent $13 million lobbying US Officials on behalf of the American Azerbaijan Alliance
Trump cancelled the project before he became president, claiming it was 'house cleaning'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4286200/The-Baku-hotel-disaster-Trump-s-worst-deal-ever.html
Trump Tower Baku in Azerbaijan was cancelled by the president in December
The $35 million project was launched by Azerbaijani family the Mammadovs
They hold seats in parliament and have ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard
Trump agreed to license the family name for the project but did not invest in it
Ivanka visited in 2014 and is considered a 'dear friend' of Anar Mammadov
The Mammadovs are widely suspected of corruption in the country
Anar Mammadov has spent $13 million lobbying US Officials on behalf of the American Azerbaijan Alliance
Trump cancelled the project before he became president, claiming it was 'house cleaning'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4286200/The-Baku-hotel-disaster-Trump-s-worst-deal-ever.html
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